– one pleads guilty and is fined $10,000; the other on $5,000 bail

Dawn Allicock, 47, a cook at Aubrey’s Tasty Snackette and a resident of Lot 365 West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Georgetown Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan and pleaded guilty to verbally abusing 53-year-old retired teacher Carolyn Williams on Tuesday, January 14, at West Ruimveldt, Georgetown.But before the same magistrate, Carolyn Williams of Lot 115 West Ruimveldt, Georgetown pleaded not guilty to verbally abusing Dawn Allicock on the same day and at the same place.
The prosecutor said the two women are neighbours but are not on speaking terms. He said Allicock placed some materials in the passageway that separates their yards, the women had an exchange of words, and Allicock threw a bucket of water at Williams, her adjacent back neighbour.
Allicock was fined $10,000 with an alternative of 21 days’ imprisonment, and Williams was placed on $5,000 bail until the case is called again on February 7. (Geeta Rampersaud)